..We recommend mounting public health communication initiatives that increase the salience of the human health consequences associated with climate change...

Adapting to the Changing Climate: An Assessment of Local Health Department Preparations for Climate Change-Related Health Threats, 2008-2012

Connie Roser-RenoufCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of AmericaPLoS ONE 11:e0151558. 2016

..Climate change poses a major public health threat. A survey of U.S. local health department directors in 2008 found widespread recognition of the threat, but limited adaptive capacity, due to perceived lack of expertise and other resources...